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Employment Relationships and Organizing Strategies in the Informal Construction Sector
African Studies Quarterly, 2010 The expansion of self-employment, casual labor and outsourcing in the construction sector around the world and the growing involvement of intermediaries has led to an increasing complexity of employment relationships. The paper discusses the implications
Jill Wells, Arthur Jason
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The Role of the Informal Sector as a Buffer of Employment Absorption in Indonesia
International Journal of Finance and Business ManagementThis study aims to analyze the role of Indonesia’s informal sector as a buffer for employment absorption within the political economy of development framework. Using a qualitative descriptive approach and secondary data from BPS, ILO, and World Bank, the study finds that 59.40% of Indonesia’s workforce is employed in the informal sector, serving as a ...
Salsabila Adawiyah +5 more
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Recession in the Skilled Sector and Implications for Informal Wage [PDF]
Global recession is likely to hit the skilled sector or the so-called white goods, white collared sector in a typical developing economy. In this paper we try to analyze the impact of such an event on informal wage as the vast majority of the workforce ...
Kar, Saibal +2 more
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Flourishing through adventure learning: A (semi)cautionary tale
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Studies suggest that adventure learning can develop children's cognitive skills and promote social and emotional learning. However, evidence is needed as to whether the design of adventure learning—school‐based or external/residential—plays a role in that development/promotion, and whether learning gains are maintained.
Ben Willis, Sarah Reaney‐Wood
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The Gender Pay Gap in Informal Employment in Poland [PDF]
This paper addresses the issue of the gender pay gap in the formal and informal labour markets in Poland. The authors verify the hypothesis of the existence of a gender pay gap in informal work and compare this gap with the one observed in the formal ...
Magdalena Rokicka, Anna Ruzik
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Children's learning increasingly extends into everyday informal settings, but what counts as learning in these contexts remains insufficiently understood. Focusing on family travel as a mobile and socioculturally situated informal learning context, this study adopts a sociocultural perspective and uses liquid learning as a sensitising concept ...
Zhuxian (Zoey) Li +3 more
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An Equilibrium Search Model of the Informal Sector [PDF]
We use an equilibrium search framework to model a formal- informal sector labour market where the informal sector arises endogenously. In our model large firms will be in the formal sector and pay a wage premium, while small firms are characterised by ...
Eric Strobl, Frank Walsh, Eliane Badaoui
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) increasingly seek information and support through online discussions, yet little is known about how architectural features of digital platforms shape the interactions and support that parents encounter. The paper makes two contributions: First, it develops and applies a
Alan Shaw, Patricia A. Shaw
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Urbanization and Labor Market Informality in Developing Countries [PDF]
Rapid and uncontrolled migration created by the population moving from rural to urban areas causes serious problems from the viewpoint of labor markets. Increases in rural-urban migration flows is contributing to a larger urban labor supply.
Bicerli, Mustafa Kemal, Gundogan, Naci
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A Century of Learning: The Story of ESA's Education Committee, 1918–2025
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.Abstract The Education Committee and its precursors have been highly influential within the Ecological Society of America. Here we document the Education Committee's history, from its origins in reviewing curricular materials through major contributions to ecological literacy, teaching innovation, diversity initiatives, and professional development ...
Kenneth M. Klemow +6 more
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